#91: Prison Food Culture w/ An Ex-Con
b'If you\'ve ever wondered what it\'s actually like inside a prison\'s walls; author, entrepreneur and ex-con Andrew Medal jumped on The Foodbeast Katchup podcast to give us an unflitered look.\\nFully embracing his checkered past, Medal\'s new book, "Don\'t Drop the Soap," details prison culture, slang, and tons of recipes that he had to learn on the fly.\\xa0\\nFrom sneaking food into his cell to hand-make alcohol, to using trash bags to make ice cream, Medal had to MacGyver his way to a decent meal. He also compares prison food experiences compared to media interpretations.\\nMedal shared the story of how he ended up in jail, how it affected his businesses, and how he couldn\'t even get a job at Starbucks after getting out.\\nMedal also shared his current efforts in prison reform, and tech business efforts.\\xa0\\xa0\\nFind his book, "Don\'t Drop the Soap," out now on Amazon.com.\\xa0\\n---\\nThank you all so much for listening! All the Tweets and Instagram tags of you listening mean the world. Reviews you leave on iTunes are also incredibly helpful, if you enjoyed an episode, please do drop us some love on the Apple Podcasts App, and anywhere else your beautiful ears are listening from.\\xa0\\n----\\nYour Hosts:\\nElie Ayrouth (@bookofelie)\\nGeoffrey Kutnick (@geoffreykutnick)\\nYour Guest:\\nAndrew Medal (@andrewmedal)\\nProduced by:\\nIsai Rocha (@isairocha)\\n----\\nFollow us!\\nTwitch\\nhttps://www.twitch.tv/foodbeast\\nInstagram:\\ninstagram.com/foodbeast\\ninstagram.com/foodbeastkatchup\\nFacebook:\\nwww.facebook.com/foodbeastkatchup/\\nwww.facebook.com/foodbeast'